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drawl — [dro:l US dro:l] v [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from DRAW1] to speak slowly, with vowel sounds that are longer than usual ▪ Can t do that, he drawled languidly. &GT;drawl n [singular] ▪ What you got there? he asked in a slow Texan … Dictionary of contemporary English

drawl — (v.) 1590s, perhaps from M.Du. dralen, E.Fris. draulen to linger, delay, apparently an intensive of the root of DRAW (Cf. draw). Or else a native formation along the same lines. Related: Drawled; drawling. As a noun from 1760 … Etymology dictionary

drawl — drawl1 [ drɔl ] noun singular a slow way of speaking, with long vowel sounds: a southern drawl drawl drawl 2 [ drɔl ] verb intransitive or transitive to speak in a drawl … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English